Congressman John Campbell appears on Hardball with Chris Matthews to discuss the birth certificate bill.
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A man asks Republicans if they believe Obama is a natural born citizen.
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The “birther” movement isn’t relegated to backwoods crazies—many members of Congress are perfectly willing to throw fuel on the fire. Salon calls out the Hill’s known birthers:

Rep. Bill Posey: Congress’ first birther, the Florida Republican is the sponsor of a bill requiring presidents to submit a birth certificate. Says he can’t “swear on a stack of bibles,” that Obama’s a citizen.

Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala.: “Well, his father was Kenyan, and they said he was born in Hawaii, but I haven’t seen any birth certificate,” he once declared. A spokesman later said Shelby didn’t doubt Obama’s eligibility.

Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind.: The guy who once shot a pumpkin to demonstrate how Bill Clinton could have killed Vince Foster is now co-sponsoring Posey’s bill.

Perhaps questioning Palin about the birth of her child is a bit much. Let that issue die, the child has never hurt anyone, so it should be a closed issue.

Kenja

Jul 29, 2009 5:37 AM CDT

C/K I love how a man who has never served his country has the nerve to call others, "Red". Do us all a favor, sit back in your easy chair sipping your latte and have a nice day couch warrior.

Kenja

Jul 29, 2009 5:35 AM CDT

C/K your mentally challeneged aren;t you? You accuse people of smearing people, yet you've been doing this since 08'. You continue to sprout out that the President has spent millions on lawyers fees, prove it, show one small piece of eveidence. You can't, the only thing you can do is repeat the claims of others. Talk is cheap, and right about now your not worth a penny.